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US allows its expired passport holders to travel back to country
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): United States citizens whose passports had expired and were travelling overseas will now be able to return to the country until December 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ryanair plane incident: Welcome EU call for sanctions on Belarus, says Bid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) welcomed the European Union's call for sanctions against Belarus over the Ryanair flight's emergency landing and he has instructed his administration to craft options to hold Minsk accountable.
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New NASA Earth System Observatory to help address, mitigate climate change
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): NASA will design a new set of Earth-focused missions to provide key information to guide efforts related to climate change, disaster mitigation, fighting forest fires, and improving real-time agricultural processes, the US space agency on said Monday.
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US warns against travel to Japan, Sri Lanka due to COVID-19 concerns
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): Amid rising coronavirus cases in Japan and Sri Lanka, the US State Department issued a travel advisory warning against travel to the respective countries due to COVID transmission concerns.
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US not fully safe with vaccinations unless coronavirus variants curbed: US
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is not assured of being fully safe from the coronavirus even with its high rate in vaccination unless it extends the global fight to defeat the variants from the scourge, US Agency for International Development (USAID) COVID-19 Task
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US, Pak National Security Advisor meet in Geneva, discuss bilateral and re
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with his newly appointed Pakistani counterpart Moeed Yusuf in Geneva last week and discussed a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual interest.
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Blinken looks forward to meeting Jaishankar to discuss COVID-19, Quad coop
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is looking forward to meeting External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar to discuss various issues, including COVID-19 efforts and strengthening of Indo-Pacific cooperation through the Quad, according to the US S
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US working closely with EU on Ryanair plane incident, demands probe: Blink
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 24 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said that Washington is calling for a full probe into the Ryanair flight emergency landing in Minsk and is working closely with the European Union (EU) on unraveling the incident.
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Unclear whether Iran is ready to return to nuclear deal: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 24 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) said that it remains unclear whether Tehran is willing to take steps to return to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal.
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Over 70 police officers have quit since storming of US Capitol in January
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 70 Capitol police officers have quit after the events of January 6, when a crowd of supporters of former US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to interrupt the vote count, the Politico reported
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US civil rights leader assures help to Tamil Nadu to combat COVID-19 pande
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 23 (ANI): American civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson Sr spoke to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) in a Zoom call on May 21 and assured that COVID-19 assistance is on its way, amid state's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US, South Korea willing to reduce tensions by diplomatic steps towards N K
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 22 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States and South Korea are deeply concerned about the issue of the denuclearization of North Korea and willing to reduce tensions via diplomatic steps, US President Joe Biden said during a joint press conference with South Korean President
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